Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ST Jayasuriya	73	74	9	3	98.64	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
DA Gunawardene	37	39	6	0	94.87	Sri Lanka A	v Sth Africans	Colombo (Colts)	22 Jul 2006	First-class
HAPW Jayawardene	42	49	6	1	85.71	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
CK Kapugedera	63	77	9	2	81.81	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
ST Jayasuriya	47	67	8	0	70.14	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
TM Dilshan	45	67	6	0	67.16	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
DPMD Jayawardene	374	572	43	1	65.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
KC Sangakkara	287	457	35	0	62.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
KC Sangakkara	39	64	8	0	60.93	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
MG Vandort	29	53	3	0	54.71	Sri Lanka A	v Sth Africans	Colombo (Colts)	22 Jul 2006	First-class
UDU Chandana	51*	98	8	0	52.04	Sri Lanka A	v Sth Africans	Colombo (Colts)	22 Jul 2006	First-class
MF Maharoof	56	110	11	0	50.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
DPMD Jayawardene	123	248	11	2	49.59	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
WPUJC Vaas	64	130	10	0	49.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
MG Vandort	29*	69	4	0	42.02	Sri Lanka A	v Sth Africans	Colombo (Colts)	22 Jul 2006	First-class
HAPW Jayawardene	30	79	3	0	37.97	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
MF Maharoof	29*	118	2	0	24.57	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Western Province vs Titans at Cape Town, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 26th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 31/1 (11.0 ov, L Senokwane 13*, N Brand 13*, D Paterson 1/12) - Stumps

North West vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 25th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 160/2 (42.0 ov, LC Ngoepe 83*, KJ Dudgeon 0/27) - Stumps

Warriors vs Dolphins at Durban, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 27th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/1 (15.4 ov, Semal Pillay 43*, S van Staden 11*, GG Peters 0/27) - Stumps